Hook-link for expansible bracelets, &amp;c.



s. LEVINE.-

noox LINK ron EXPANSIBLE mcmr s, ac.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 23. 1918.

1,282,442. Patented 06%.221918.

NEW Yonmn: "1., A coranrnnrlsiiir.

HOOK-LINK FOR EXBANSIIBLE BRACELETS, &c.-

UN ED STATES if, new YORK, Assien'oir TO eke 1 1. as,

s'peciflcation of Letters Patent; v Patgnted 1;:

a jn 'ation nen iiei iar 23, 1915, seriai-naaiae'roi To alil who m it ma bmm;

i i qw i W S M E L I a citizen of the United States, and aresident of the boroughfot Brooklyn, county of 'Kings city and State of New York have in vented certain new and useful Improvements in Heck-Links for Expansible'Bracelets, as, ofwhich thei following is a specification,

"My improvements relate to hook links for expansible bracelets and the like, which have heretofore been made .slidable with relation to their casings in a manner similar to that in which the expansible links of the chain have been constructed. This former construction necessitates the partial withdrawal of, the slidabile couplin section of the hook link "in order to bi-ingt e snap jawsintofop i'f pesit i n ;.;at h e ItQ or w h. drawal'lffrom a watch loop on si'miIa'rfohfject'fand thispartifal withdrawaltxposes the Sean-1; of the s'na f hook to danger of 'trac' ym o.wass nse e or accident during manipulation:

ime the shite-er m vention' to obvif inexpensive book link .in which lightness, strength and rigidity of structure is attained imsa nma ner that' the shan of the ma hooki's reinforced aridsustained against nn due-strainer pressure, at thej'same time rendieting the couplingjparts convenient and esteem """"'tfon andjnse.

iTh iiivelition consists stru'ction and farrangemen sciibedafid laimed he'rei tutti-being 'a I V I ifigfrom one of the shell *to f the other andjengfifiingf a shqulder on the'shank of the snap hdo in such manner as to holdsaid shank rigidly in position and reiiif 'r'ce and sustain it at or adjacentfzto tiie"point oi greatest danger of fra" ure froin'ovei'strain,

Histihctivefe'aall ashereinaftermorefu 3 set f orth,

Fig. 1, represents my improved hook' liiik as attached to an expansible bracelet chain of well known construction;

Fig. 2, is a sectional elevation upon a larlger scale, of my improved hook lin ig. 3, is a top view of the shell;

Fig. 4, is a longitudinal section thereof, taken upon plane of line M, Fig. 3;

Fig. 5, is a side elevation of the hook section of the link;

Fig. 6, is a top view thereof;

he specific con Part -L Fig. 7,is a transverse section-taken upon e e f; 5 Fig. 11, is a topfview of the shell shown in Fig. 8;

Fig. 12, is a section thereof,,taken upon plaaeqfline 2-r- 2, ig- .1 5.

Fig.13', is .a rear end view of the hook section shownin Fig, 9; h 14:, is a transverse section taken upon Pla fl jne l ee Fig. i 6'? ..The..ce p nglseeti h ,'6i hook link consists of a' bar of suitable metal bent dou ble, theellds b,eing..formed intofthe usual"snap hook, consisting. of; the hook a, and .detent 0 fllhe g of ,the hook c, is {formed with a shoulder 05, lupset as in. Figs. .1, 2, and 5; ordeprejss'ed' as ln Figs; 8,

en 1 i s o l er. aprovid for en,

as n as;

thereby" locking the "couplit firmly in and'rear; essientia lly ,r

secret the combined structureis ,Tgid nd ntegralfio -elltpract a imp he cross bar a, at the inner end of the shell S, forms the means of copulation in the usual manner with one of a series of exansible links E, E, of any-ordinary or well nown construction.

Aside from the swaging of the inner end of the coupling member to form the shoulders a, for enga ement with the inturned edges 8, of the Sid S, the main feature of my invention is the reinforcing cross bar a, for engagement with imp f-bve'd,

e members a, of the shell.

the shoulder a", on the shank c of the hook her in he t n safi eue d i g i e undue strain 6r violence qnngjii ampnl g tion for attachment to or release from a watch Or similar loop or device,

The cross bar 8, may be a separate piece ri seemed to and aeross; the upper edges. 0 th''side' members 8"; of the shell S, as in Figs. 2, 3 and 4, or it ma consist of a tongue protuberant from the edge of one sidefin'ember s' ,*and extendin to. and" under the inturned edge of the other side member's; as 8;11 and 12, as-ma'y be preferred,"tfie nine-non either case being the samein that said cross bar 8, acts in conjunction "with the shoulder .c'fllon the coupling member C, to reinforc'the shank 0 of the hook a, as' hreinbefore set forth.

"It is tb'be iindei'stood'that while my improved hook link is applicable to various uses" it is'* ii"esigne(jl moi'e 'p articiilarly as v a, substitute for the slidable hook section ordinarily" eniployed in connection withiexpansible bracelets, which slidable hooks 'are par ticiil arly-"fragile of strfiotiire' andjsiibfject to fraotureby reasofi of lackiof'adejqiiate sup .pi t j lielli i lthn l iht h are 21 v j z WhatjI cljaini asj'jiny invention and desire to seclireby' Letters Patent is,

- 1114! l eokl kfi f he harad desi nated5lcbfriprising" a oo'uplingfseiction formed with n sn p ii-{iqk "having a shouldered shank, an. a'she llffforine fwith side memr flahkl gjend was Ht ai o pl it b f iidif el b mgf. A p forcing- C .9$S bait engagin ,Sftid shoulderfon the 'shank of the snap hook, for the purpose med with a rein- I .epkslin syoxt he a eete e igfo e ed, Q lP i fig'-$. C0 ;P1ing section formed.

t e end tu ned p c, pliiigse qtiqn andiw ith a'.

on t ha ofu thejsnap opk, forthe pult e c.

3 1A 1 l k. l-$ 9; qt n e i flopies of this patent may be obtained nye pants nated, comprising a coupling section formed e- 3 fiw temtth eesneph ekihexing a shonldered shank and having its rear end swaged to form laterally protuberant shoulders; and a shell formed with side members having inturned edges Which overlap said PBQtuhQra-nt; shoulders on the the coupling-section and with a reinforcing cross bar engaging'said shoulder on the shank of the snap hook, for the pnrpose described.

4. A hook link loffith e; meta-t desigt am l i a coup ng di tflzrmd d" th; a qqk haigjng a e p rt en; with laterally j'protiifb'e'rant "shoulders, and a shell formed fwi't side ire bi, yhav'in turned. ledg s whi ve i ep t e d'm on the rear "end of the colipl ngseotionjaiid w h ein b're IQ$S ha' feeneei gt i s ander on the S ank' hook e115: also jwiph a cross bar engagingftlie inner side of the shank'of the siifa l'iook for jtheppn'rpqse d scribed.

5'. A l ook link of the aha .eter deslige a ed, 0 i 12l Sii FRH P d tliasnaii hook 'ngei with: a cross. b

t an linkf' ori I e like fo'it nins aet scribed;

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